I don't know about you but I can be SUCH a procrastinator! " I will do this as soon as I finish this..." ; " I will get to that...In a few minutes...need to check facebook and my email...then it will be lunch time..." ; "I will do that...as soon as I am good and ready and that probably won't be for a while.."
Those are just a few of the things that are happening in my head when I am being a procrastinator! There are a few things that I have learned about procrastinating...
1. ALL of those things that I think when procrastinating are EXCUSES! Not valid reasoning and I know it...yet somehow I let sadly let myself get away with this stuff. (this makes me motivated to do better!)
2. Its LAZINESS! Pure and simple. The Bible talks negatively about laziness "Lazy hands make a man poor,But diligent hands bring wealth" (proverbs 10:4) "Go to the ant you sluggard; Consider its ways and be wise!" (Proverbs 6:6). These are tough words to swallow!
Laziness is definitley not what I want to be,not the road I am choosing by doing hard things and definitey (and most IMPORTANTLY) NOT what God wants out of me.
3. I don't get that much enjoyment out of it. I get enjoyment out procrastination for about 5 minutes before it fades. After the intial little burst of happiness I get out of my procrastinating I normally feel kinda bad that I am not being productive (thats when I should start doing something!!!!) and if I keep procrastinating despite feeling bad I feel horrible down the road when all that procrastination leaves me with a mess!
I am sure there are many more observations to be made about procrastination...but one thing is for sure...Its not a good thing and its just better to do stuff and get it over with and not be lazy than to deal with the consequences later. I just want you to know that when I am saying these things I realize I am NOT a perfect person, by no means and this is more of a challenge I am presenting to myself. This is something that I am struggling with is my journey down the narrow hard road for Christ and I just want to be an encouragement to others out there that might be struggling with the same thing. :)
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